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JEOPARDY!

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Why do people buy stock in a company?

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so they can get a share of the profit that the company makes

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Instead of people making a lot of goods to sell, what made

more of the goods during the Industrial Revolution?

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machines

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How did factories make more products quickly?

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they used the assembly line idea

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When did the Industrial Revolution roughly take place?

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1865 - 1900

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Even though factories grew rapidly during this time, what is one negative effect it had on the

workers?

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#1 less workers were needed because machines did a lot of

work#2 working on an assembly line

could get boring

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What part of the country did people build sod houses and

used barbed wire fences?

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the Great Plains

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What is one method that people used to move west in New York

State?

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the Erie Canal

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What is the belief called where people thought they were

supposed to move west all the way to the Pacific Ocean?

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Manifest Destiny

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Why did people move to California in the late 1840s?

Hint: the “49ers”

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to find gold

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What mode of transportation helped people to move west and was completed in 1869?

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the transcontinental railroad

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If the president vetoes a bill, the congress can do what if they get

2/3 of the Congress to agree

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override the president’s veto

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The Supreme Court can decide that a law is unconstitutional.

This is called…

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judicial review

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When George Bush sent troops to fight in the Persian Gulf he

was acting as …

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commander in chief

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What is true about states with a larger population when it comes

to electing the president?

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Larger states (NY, CA, TX)have more electoral votes.

States with smaller populations (AK, RI, HI) have fewer votes

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Which court case gave the Supreme Court power to decide

if a law is unconstitutional?

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Marbury vs. Madison

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When deciding on the Constitution they debated over

what?

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how large and small states could both be fairly represented

in Congress

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How can lawmakers change the Constitution?

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they can make an amendment

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Which document is described by the following:

* Congress couldn’t collect taxes* Congress couldn’t regulate trading

* there was no national court

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Articles of Confederation

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What does the First Amendment protect?

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* freedom of speech, religion, meeting together, … Others?

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The Great Compromise helped create the…

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The Constitution.

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What event caused so many people to become unemployed?

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the stock market crash

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Which decade is associated with the Depression and the tough times that followed?

A. 1920sB. 1930sC. 1940s

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the 1930s

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Although the New Deal helped get the US out of the

Depression, why did some people oppose it?

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they thought the government be getting too involved and would ruin the free-enterprise system

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Name 3 causes of the Depression!

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* people buying stocks on margin

* overusing credit* supply was too high, demand

too low

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Name a New Deal program that is still around today!

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Social Security Act

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What part of the country did the first white settlers build in?

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the Atlantic Coast

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What river was in New France?

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the St. Lawrence River

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The colonists said “no taxation without representation.” Who

made them pay taxes?

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the English parliament

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Put these in order chronologically…

* Boston Tea Party* Declaration of Independence

* French and Indian War

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*1st: French and Indian War* 2nd: Boston Tea Party

*3rd: Declaration of Independence

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What do molasses and rum and slaves” have to do with one

another?

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triangular trade

The US to Africa to England